Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow has been racking up touchdowns recently, and if he continues to do it on Sunday night against the Steelers, he’ll join some very exclusive company in NFL history.
Burrow has had at least four touchdowns, combined rushing and passing, in each of the last four games. If Burrow has another four-touchdown game on Sunday night, he will join Peyton Manning as the only quarterbacks in NFL history with at least four combined passing and rushing touchdowns in five consecutive games.
Burrow’s last four games:
Three touchdown passes and one touchdown run in a 34-17 win over the Falcons.
Five touchdown passes and one touchdown run in a 43-36 win over the Titans.
Four touchdown passes in a 35-13 win over the Ravens.
Four touchdown passes in a 31-24 win over the Dolphins.
Manning became the first quarterback to have five straight games with four touchdowns in Weeks 8-12 of 2004 with the Colts, when he had a six-touchdown game, two five-touchdown games and two four-touchdown games. (All of Manning’s touchdowns were passing, not rushing.) Manning was named NFL MVP that season.
And Burrow is an MVP candidate with the way he’s playing now. A win over the Steelers on Sunday night would put the Bengals in first place in the AFC North, and a big game with those big stakes would give a big boost to Burrow’s MVP chances.